Chapter I: Front Matter

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MAN OF THE MOORS

BY HALLIWELL SUTCLIFFE

AUTHOR OF "THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT," "A TRAGEDY IN GREY," ETC.

LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LTD. PATERNOSTER HOUSE, CHARING CROSS ROAD 1897

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE MOOR MAN COMES BACK TO HIS OWN 1

II. THE PERVERSION OF GABRIEL HIRST 13

III. A MOOR WOMAN 28

IV. AT THE SIGN OF THE DOG AND GROUSE 37

V. CONCERNING PARSLEY AND STRONG DRINK 45

VI. THE RISING WIND 55

VII. 'TWIXT WYNYATES AND LING CRAG 63

VIII. KATE STRANGEWAYS ASSERTS HERSELF 72

IX. CONFESSION 81

X. THE WOMAN OF SORROWSTONES SPRING 89

XI. THE GHOST OF WYNYATES 95

XII. RELEASE 104

XIII. A MOONLIGHT INTRODUCTION 110

XIV. FRENDER'S FOLLY 123

XV. A HOME-COMING 136

XVI. RODDICK'S WIFE 145

XVII. IN WHICH MRS. LOMAX GROWS ANGRY 152

XVIII. THE CUTTING OF PEATS 161

XIX. THE LINK THAT BINDETH MAN AND WIFE 172

XX. THE FIGHT AT THE QUARRY EDGE 183

XXI. AFTERWARDS 198

XXII. WHITE HEATHER 207

XXIII. A "REVIVAL" 218

XXIV. A TALE FROM THE HEART OF THE NIGHT 226

XXV. THE BEGINNING OF THE RIFT 236

XXVI. HOW THEY FOUGHT ROUND THE PEAT-RICK 244

XXVII. THE RIFT GAPES WIDE 253

XXVIII. JANET 258

XXIX. WHAT THE SNOWFLAKES FELL UPON 264

XXX. BY WAY OF WYNYATES 272

XXXI. THE MOOR MAN GOES OUT TO HIS OWN 280

A MAN OF THE MOORS.